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True History of the Middle East with Simon Sebag Montefiore

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0:20The French and the British said, "Well, we we totally agree with you about the empire thing, but we'll call them mandates instead." So mandate was just a6:19Empire um fought much more in a much stronger way than the British or French or anyone expected because it was known8:08As I explained in the book, at one time an Egyptian ruler, Muhammad Ali the Great, almost conquered the Ottoman Empire and was only stopped by the British. And it was incredibly ru

British Imperial Expert: The Force Behind King Charles, Iran & Every War Since 1900 | PBD #788

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9:46which is entitled, it is the British who murder our presidents. Uh, and if if you look at President Trump's comments after the assassination, both in the press10:19ask me about the British? Because if you look at the 19th century and uh you know our our our own the the the decades of10:35Marx. The two systems in the world were the American system versus the British imperial system. And the British imperial system was based on power,

The Historians Who've Had Enough of Woke History - Nigel Biggar and Robert Tombs

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7:33history, I think first of all, we we teach very little history in British schools compared with most other countries, certainly compared with European countries. In France, as I15:52find nothing absolutely nothing good to say about the British Empire. Now, whatever overall judgment we come to16:01about whether the empire is good or bad, no one can deny it seems to me that it was good that the British Empire

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The Historians Who've Had Enough of Woke History - Nigel Biggar and Robert Tombs

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They defend the British Empire by highlighting its role in abolishing slavery, providing stability, and the economic benefits of imperial trade, while contrasting Western historical evolution with the censorship seen in summaryModern British history education is criticized for teaching fragmented 'blobs' of information (e.g., WWI trenches, Nazis) without a coherent narrative of development, leading students to lack a sense of national identitytakeawayThe speakers argue that ideological history teaching often excludes negative aspects of allied powers (like Stalinism) while focusing exclusively on the evils of the British Empire, creating a one-sided narrative that ditakeaway

Hessians Were Brutes Magoots!

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The hosts discuss the role of Hessian mercenaries in the American Revolutionary War, highlighting their brutal tactics and the psychological impact they had on both American patriots and British loyalists.summaryThey contrast the Hessian willingness to commit war crimes with British military protocol, noting how this brutality ultimately backfired by strengthening American resolve and causing loyalist defections.summaryHessians employed extreme brutality, including beheading soldiers, skinning faces, and using bayonets without loading muskets to instill terror, which violated British norms of warfare.takeaway

British Imperial Expert: The Force Behind King Charles, Iran & Every War Since 1900 | PBD #788

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Susan Kokinda argues that the US is engaged in a historic struggle between the 'American System' of national economic development and the British Imperial System of globalist finance and perpetual war.summaryShe contends that the Trump administration is actively dismantling British influence by prioritizing physical economy, energy independence, and sovereign nation-to-nation relations, while exposing the British role in cresummaryThe core geopolitical conflict is not West vs. Islam or US vs. China, but the American System (Hamiltonian focus on production, infrastructure, and national prosperity) versus the British Imperial System (focus on free ttakeaway

Are You Rubbish? w/ Ari Shaffir! | Are You Garbage Comedy Podcast w/ Kevin Ryan & H. Foley

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The conversation highlights specific British customs such as the lack of tipping in pubs, the strictness of weed laws, and the use of Cockney rhyming slang, while also debunking travel myths and sharing personal anecdotesummaryBritish tipping culture is significantly different from the US; in pubs, tipping is not standard practice and bartenders often return small change (e.g., 10 pence) rather than accepting tips.takeawayBritish weed laws are strict; Ari recounts being kicked out of an outdoor bar area in Edinburgh for smoking joints, noting that while medical cards exist, recreational use is not legal.takeaway

Red Richardson from London is here! We talk Crumpets, Ming'ns, and all kinds of fun, jolly things!

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The conversation highlights the subtlety of British comedy versus American styles, the specific linguistic quirks of the UK (such as slang and police terminology), and personal anecdotes ranging from the Edinburgh FringesummaryBritish comedy relies on subtlety, cerebral humor, and sitcom formats (like 'The Office' or 'Peep Show'), whereas American comedy often favors more overt, physical, or 'stupid' humor (exemplified by 'Dumb and Dumber' or takeawayBritish slang involves significant word truncation, such as 'brilliant' becoming 'brill' or 'minging' (ugly) being shortened to 'm' in rapid speech.takeaway